Button.



'ERICH'ARD SEIJIGMANN, OF

SEATTLE, WaASHINGTON.

BUTTON.

(To, allwhomfz't may. concern Be' it known that I, 'Rrc A D-S mc nNN, a citizen of the ,United'Stateeand resident .ofSeattle, in the ;county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain I new and useful Improvements in f'Buttons, of

which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to buttons ofthe socalled lever ihead type,land-has for its ob- .ject to provide a button of this class adapted ,to beusedas, a collarv button or f rany other use for which it may be .tdapted, the same being provided with; a post having a member ,pivotally mounted thereon and a head pivotally connected {130 said @member, whereby both. the head and-member may be'swungup in line with ;the post-when:deSiredtofacilitate .its being passed through the buttonhole.

A further object of the invention is toprovide meanswhereby the hea'd may be locked to the post when in contracted position.

lVith these and. other objectsiinNiew, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction,, -as will be :more. fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a button having my improved type of extendible head.

Fig. 2- is a sectional side elevation showing the head portion of the button in extended position.

Fig. 3- is a perspective view showing the hinge plate which is adapted to be pivotally connected to the button post.

Fig. 4- is a perspective view of the back plate of thebutton head showing the joint end which is hinged to the hinge plate; also showing the spring opening adapted to be passed over the ball end of the post to lock the head in closed position.

Fig. 5 is a view showing the end of the post to which the hinge plate is pivotally connected.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the post of the button which is preferably drawn up into tubular form, from a flat plate 11 onto which plate is preferably rolled the usual gold front 12, thereby forming the fixed head of the. button. The opposite end of this post has its sides pressed inwardly as at 13, see Fig. 5, forming a flat portion which is pierced at 14, and through which the hinge pintle 15 is passed. The

tfip fi at n dietersaten Patented June 19, 1917.

outer end of this post is shown as being provided witha ball 15 whichprovi'desa lock for the swinging head, presently described.

The primary object of this in'ventionisto provide a head 011.17118'b11tt011 which instead of being fixed rigidly'to the post as is the tease with some buttons, may be extended'in 'line with thepost, wherebyit is adapted'to be more readily passed through the buttonilioles of starched go0ds such as cuffs, collars jand the;like, andalso to be used in soft cuffs when desired. "To 'acc omplishthis result in a simple and effective manner, ;I have .provided ath nge plate17having a'joint eye 26 at one endthrough' which thepivot pin 15 passes tohinge this plate'to the end of the post 10. The'free end of this plate is provided with anotherhinge eye member 18 and -to this hinge eyemember is connected the backing plate 19 of'the swinginghead 20.

'One end of this backing. platefis provided 7 with extending portionsfol'ded over to provide a pairgffeyes-Zl which straddles the eye 18 in the hinge plate and through both of whichis passed a pivotpin22.

,In Order to secure this back plate to the post when not in folded position, I have punched a hole 23 in this plate and have raised the stock around the edge of the hole and have also split this stock at the points 24: so that when the plate is swung at right angles to the axis of the post the ball 16 may be forced through this opening 23 and the resilient lips of the stock around the opening will grip the ball and securely bind the plate thereto.

Any style of ornamented front plate 25 may be attached to this back plate 19 and I have shown them connected by rolling the edges of one over those of the other.

A button of my improved construction has many advantages over the usual lever type of button among others being; First, when the head is extended in line with the post as illustrated in Fig. 2, it may be readily passed through the button holes of a stifliy starched collar or cuff and that without enlarging the button-holes which is not the case where a large ball or bean end is used or when a head of the flat rigid type is employed; second, a button of my improved type may have both heads large enou h to absolutely prevent any possibility of eing drawn through the unstarched button-holes of a soft cuff; third, the extendible head may serve the purpose of a lever to draw toe and its free end is adapted to enter a notch V gether the ends of a collar, upon being passed through thebuttomholes thereof.

- back against the side. of the post, thereby requiring additional length of post to operate it, but by the use of my improved construction of button head, no part of the head is folded back upon the side of the post,

therefore the length of thepost may be reduced to the minimum.

Another feature of this invention is the provision of a spring 27 fixed at one end to the plate 17 by a screw 28 or other means;

29 in the hinge portion of the head when this head is in. extended position so as to yieldably retain the same in extended position'flto facilitate its being passed through the button-holes.

Ifhave illustrated'one means of carrying out my invention but I do not wish to limit myself to this specific construction as various changes in the hinging of the parts,

shape and form of the'several features, may

. be necessary. I, therefore, desire it to be v -Gopies .of this patent may be obtained for understood that .I reserve'the privilege of resorting to all 'mechanical'change's to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined by the appended claims.

in presence of a witness.

I claim:

1. A button comprising a post, a member hinged to said post, and a head hinged to said member whereby said head and member may be extended in line with the post.

2. A button comprising a p o st,"jamember hinged to said post, a head hinged to said member whereby'said head and member may be extended in line with the post, and means for locking said head tothe post when in contracted position.'- r Y Z 7 3. A button 'c'omp'rising {a post, a plate connected tol'swing on said p0st,a*button head connected to swing on said plate, 'Whereby both may be extendedi'nline with the post, a ball on said-post','said head being providedwithan opening adapted to spring over said ball to, lock the head and. post together," f I 4. A button comprising a post; a' member hingedto said post, a headhinged to said member whereby said head and'mem'ber may be extended in linewith thepost, means for yieldably extending said head in extended 7 1 position, and means for locking said head to in the locking mechanism and also in the the'post when in folded position. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature v RIGHARD sE LIGMANN. Witness? l I HOWARD E. BARnow,

five centsieach, by addressing the fcommissioner of Patents, Washingtomlfi. 

